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Maps tease apart complex relationship between agriculture and deforestation in DRC

John Cannon 2 Feb 2018
An indri (Indri indri), another critically endangered lemur that lives in Makira Natural Park. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Carbon dreams: Can REDD+ save a Yosemite-size forest in Madagascar?

Rowan Moore Gerety 29 Nov 2017

Experience or evidence: How do big conservation NGOs make decisions?

Shreya Dasgupta 21 Nov 2017

Indonesian rainforests for sale and bat calls of the Amazon

Mike Gaworecki 18 Oct 2017

Cash for conservation: Do payments for ecosystem services work?

Mike Gaworecki 12 Oct 2017

Randomized controlled trial in Uganda finds that paying people not to cut down trees works

Mike Gaworecki 27 Jul 2017
Rhinella granulosa toad in Chocó-Darien, Colombia. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Successful Colombian rainforest project exposes problems with carbon emissions trading

Bart Crezee 6 Apr 2017
Two Chaco Chachalacas in Bonito, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. Photo by Dario Sanches via Wikimedia Commons.

Jurisdictional certification approach aims to strengthen protections against deforestation

Tara MacIsaac 4 Apr 2017

Guyana focuses deforestation prevention efforts on conservation and management

Gaulbert Sutherland 24 Jan 2017

World’s most endangered fruit bat could soon be extinct due to rapid forest loss

Shreya Dasgupta 10 Jan 2017

Sudden sale may doom carbon-rich rainforest in Borneo

John Cannon 2 Jan 2017

Which tropical forest conservation strategies are proving most effective?

Mike Gaworecki 30 Nov 2016

Could REDD help save an embattled forest in Cambodia?

Rhett Ayers Butler 28 Oct 2016
Auyna Tepui in Parque Nacional Canaima, part of the Guiana Shield. Photo by Christoph Kühnhanss via Wikimedia Commons.

The Guiana Shield, the ‘greenhouse of the world’

Akola Thompson 19 Oct 2016

Can conservationists overcome their differences to save life on Earth?

Mongabay 7 Jun 2016
Greenpeace protesting against a company's palm oil policy. Courtesy of Greenpeace

10 reasons to be optimistic for forests

Rhett Ayers Butler 5 Jun 2016

Epilogue: Conservation still divided, looking for a way forward

Jeremy Hance 24 May 2016

Conservation’s people problem

Jeremy Hance 17 May 2016

Conservation today, the old-fashioned way

Jeremy Hance 10 May 2016

How big donors and corporations shape conservation goals

Jeremy Hance 3 May 2016

Has big conservation gone astray?

Jeremy Hance 26 Apr 2016

Conservation, Divided: in-depth series starts Tuesday

Jeremy Hance 21 Apr 2016

Researchers say you get what you pay for when it comes to payments for ecosystem services

Mike Gaworecki 9 Feb 2016

The state of the market for ecosystem services

John Cannon 17 Dec 2015

Carbon storage for sale: USDA grants promote markets for ‘ecosystem services’

Peter Mellgard 12 Nov 2015

Norway pays Brazil $1B to fulfill pledge for curbing deforestation

Rhett Ayers Butler 16 Sep 2015

Fighting fire with money: can finance protect Indonesia’s forests?

Pek Shibao 6 Apr 2015

Campaign asks consumers to directly support forest conservation

Rhett Ayers Butler 18 Feb 2015

Ecosystem services pioneer wins $1M award

Mongabay.com 5 Feb 2015

Financial pledges for REDD+ slow to be disbursed, finds report

Mongabay.com 27 Jan 2015

Turning point for Peru’s forests? Norway and Germany put muscle and money behind ambitious agreement

Jeremy Hance 24 Sep 2014

Saving the Atlantic Forest would cost less than ‘Titanic’

Jeremy Hance 28 Aug 2014

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